Faculty

Yinon Cohen

Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies
(Sociology)

320m Fayerweather Hall
(212) 854 5361
yc2444@columbia.edu

Yinon Cohen’s research focuses on inequality, labor markets, and immigration. He received his B.A. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and his M,A and Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook. Recent publications include “Patterns of Self-Selection and Earning Assimilation among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and the US,” Demography (2007); 44: 649-668; "Next year in Jerusalem … or in Cologne?" European Sociological Review (2007) 23: 155-168; “The Demographic Success of Zionism,” Israeli Sociology (2007) 8: 151-158; “Ethnicity and Mixed Ethnicity: Educational Gaps among Israeli-born Jews,” Ethnic and Racial Studies (2007) 30: 896-917; Decentralization of Collective Wage Agreements and Rising Wage Inequality In Israel” Industrial Relations (2007) 46: 613-635; “The State of Organized Labor in Israel," Journal of Labor Research (2007) 28: 255- 273.